In the token economy experiment,psychotic patients:

A) became less dependent and more responsible.
B) were released from the hospital within a month.
C) developed insight into their unconscious motivations.
D) displayed dramatic changes in their superego.

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Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The use of tokens as a positive reinforcement for desired behaviors in the token economy experiment helped to decrease the patients' dependence on staff and increase their sense of responsibility. They learned to associate appropriate behaviors with receiving tokens and were motivated to continue these behaviors in order to earn more tokens. There is no evidence to suggest that the experiment led to the patients developing insight into their unconscious motivations or displaying dramatic changes in their superego. They also may not have been released from the hospital within a month, as the duration of their stay would depend on many individual factors.

In the token economy experiment,psychotic patients:

A) became less dependent and more responsible.
B) were released from the hospital within a month.
C) developed insight into their unconscious motivations.
D) displayed dramatic changes in their superego.

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In the token economy experiment,psychotic patients:A) became less dependent and more responsible.B) were released from the hospital within a month.C) developed insight into their unconscious motivations.D) displayed dramatic changes in their superego.

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In the token economy experiment,psychotic patients:

A) became less dependent and more responsible.
B) were released from the hospital within a month.
C) developed insight into their unconscious motivations.
D) displayed dramatic changes in their superego.